CVE-2010-0156

Puppet 0.24.0-0.24.8 and 0.25.0-0.25.1 - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on Temporary Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38766
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (10)
puppet/puppet 0.24.3
puppet/puppet 0.24.4
puppet/puppet 0.24.5
puppet/puppet 0.24.6 (3 CPE variants)
puppet/puppet 0.24.7 (2 CPE variants)
puppet/puppet 0.24.8 (2 CPE variants)
puppet/puppet 0.25.0 (4 CPE variants)
puppet/puppet 0.25.1 (3 CPE variants)
puppet/puppet 0.25.2 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
rubygems/puppet 0.24.0 - 0.24.9RubyGems
Published Mar 03, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026